RANT

This was a ranting blog i posted that apparently pissed some people off. OOPS.. so i decided to carry this one over too.

RANTING
WARNING: I'm sorta tired and in a ranting mood, but this has gotten kinda obnoxious. It really only applies to like a fifth of people at meets(and usually 16 and older guys), so if your not one of them, feel free to ignore.
Just got done with Thanksgiving Meet in Greensboro and one thing really really bothered me. I understand people always cheer for the underdog. And i'm completely ok with that, infact i do the same thing when i'm watching sports on TV. Pretty much for the last 2 or 3 yrs, people have cheered for whoever the next person in line behind the luigino guys. I could name names but it really doesn't matter. It's basically whoever is racing us. I'M FINE WITH THIS. What gets to me is how people are doing it. When you stand on the floor and yell rude stuff twards us. Me and Joey pretty much pay attention to everything going on. We hear what you say. I was always taught that you cheer for someone, you don't cheer against someone. A lot of times, the same people that are yelling obnoxious stuff are the same ones who ask us for autographs for their kids or for our used equipment. If anyone has the video of the 1,500m from 2006(when chris joey and I all fell, very hard, after the 4 luigino guys had pulled away) if you look in the background you'll see 10-15 people jumping up and down celebrating. Not worried that me and Joey just crashed into the wall at sub 9 second laps. Just happy we didn't win. That's not sportsmanship and that's not how someone wants to win or place in a race. And if we don't go over and shake someones hand in a race we won, it's not a slight of that person. But honestly, if I just lost a race it's kinda annoying for someone to tell me how great I did after they just beat me.
One more quick thing. WE'RE NOT TEAM SKATING. There are certin things we do that are kinda unwritten rules when your on the same team, that to me aren't team skating. For one we don't throw passes at 8.5 laps with one to go that could possibly take a whole team out. Another thing is, if one of us takes off, we're not required to chase our own teamates. If you watch races when one of us(usually joey or I) takes off, no one chases. People will sit behind us and never make a move to chase. Then say after the race how they got held back. If someone commits to take off, you have to commit just as much to bring them back. You can't just sit in the pack saying "well one of them got away and i lost the field sprint to the others, that's team skating." If we were to ever go out there and actually team skate like we could, there would be no question about it. No one has ever taken anyone out of a race intentionally, and if they did I didn't know anything about it. I had people saying I did in a 5 lap last year trying to go to the lead, with 3 to go. That doesn't even make sence. I got 3 laps left, if i'ma take someone out i'ma atleast wait till 1 to go.
Aight.. tha'ts all i got to say.. love you guys.. sorry if I sound like and ass. And if your on my myspace this pretty much doesn't apply to you. BUUUT I wanted to get it out. thanks.. be good... later